I had an interview for a contract job the other day. Employer had my resume in hand, he looks at me and goes “this resume is different than the one you submitted. I’m like “yes I have 3 different resumes depending on the jobs I apply for”, he goes “why wouldn’t you want perspective employers to know all your skills” and I said “do you want the honest answer or the HR friendly answer?” He told me to give him the honest answer and I said “this job doesn’t require a CompTIA cert nor does it require most of the certs I have, so I didn’t include it”. He asked me why and I said “you aren’t going to pay me more whether I have them or not given the salary range offered”
He also asked me why I didn’t include my Top Secret security clearance or TWIC card and I gave him the same answer. I got the call today and they offered me a 12 month contract, I guess he liked my answer lol.